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Wednesday’s Quote of the Week: It’s Written in the Stars with Rosegal

August 7, 2019 / 34 Comments
This is a sponsored post. This dress was provided to me for purposes of this review. As always, all thoughts and opinions are entirely my own.

I am totally obsessed with all things celestial right now. Perhaps it is the reinterpreting of my relationship with the universe that is causing this infatuation with astral entities. I am feeling connected to the heavens and the earth more deeply than I ever have before. I am paying more attention, listening more carefully, and following the signs with a faith that I have never before known. I am confident that certain things in our lives are written in the stars and so I find myself looking up and out in order to find the answers that are already inside. Because we all are connected to this universal energy just like the constellations on my dress!

“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.”

Og Mandino

I wanted to write a deep philosophical post on this topic to go with my fun new constellation dress from Rosegal, but alas my children are not permitting me to be the calm, level headed mother that I always imagined I would be. Nope. Not at all. Right now, I am about to bang my own head off the wall in frustration at the constant fighting and neediness that is being exhibited by my children every 3.5 minutes. So before I totally lose it (whatever it may be, my mind, my sensibilities, my motivation, my sanity), I am just going to surrender to the chaos right now and share the words of others…because I simply cannot formulate words of my own. Hopefully, they will bring a sense of calm to me as well as to all of you.

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Dress: Galaxy Print Cami Dress c/o Rosegal

Before I get on with the quotes, I first have to share about this dress! I love the swing style and the lightweight fabric is perfect for summer but it will also be great for layering in the fall. Check out the Rosegal Deals Sale for lots of whimsical wardrobe pieces. Use code RGT20 at checkout for additional savings off your order from now until December 31, 2019.

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Kimono: Charlotte Russe (Old)

And now enjoy some quotes about the stars and destiny and fate and all that thought provoking stuff.

“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.”

William Shakespeare

“There’s nowhere you can be that isn’t where you’re meant to be…” 

John Lennon
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Sequined Clutch: Target (Old)

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” 

Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.”

Stephen Hawking
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Purple Tights: Sock Dreams

“Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world.”

Harriet Tubman
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“We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence. See how nature – trees, flowers, grass- grows in silence; see the stars, the moon and the sun, how they move in silence… We need silence to be able to touch souls.”

Mother Teresa
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“To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter… to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird’s nest or a wildflower in spring – these are some of the rewards of the simple life.”

John Burroughs
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“There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk.” 

Guy Gavriel Kay, Tigana
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Earrings: Charlotte Russe (Old)

“Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.”

Saint Augustine
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“Sometimes the dreams that come true are the dreams you never even knew you had.” 

Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones
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“At night, when the sky is full of stars and the sea is still you get the wonderful sensation that you are floating in space.”

Natalie Wood
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“Some things are destined to be — it just takes us a couple of tries
to get there.”

J.R. Ward, Lover Mine
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“You cannot look up at the night sky on the Planet Earth and not wonder what it’s like to be up there amongst the stars. And I always look up at the moon and see it as the single most romantic place within the cosmos.”

Tom Hanks
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“Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.” 

William Jennings Bryan
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“If there were no night, we would not appreciate the day, nor could we see the stars and the vastness of the heavens. We must partake of the bitter with the sweet. There is a divine purpose in the adversities we encounter every day. They prepare, they purge, they purify, and thus they bless.”

James E. Faust
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“Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker?” 

Garth Nix, Sabriel
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Moon Necklace: c/o Happiness Boutique

“I love the stars.
Because they can’t say anything.
I love the stars.
Because they do not judge anyone.”

Natsuki Takaya
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Sunglasses: Oliver Goldsmith

“Each star is a mirror reflecting the truth inside you.“

Aberjhani
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“What we call our destiny is truly our character and that character can be altered. The knowledge that we are responsible for our actions and attitudes does not need to be discouraging, because it also means that we are free to change this destiny. One is not in bondage to the past, which has shaped our feelings, to race, inheritance, background. All this can be altered if we have the courage to examine how it formed us. We can alter the chemistry provided we have the courage to dissect the elements.” 

Anais Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934

Do you believe that our destinies are all written in the stars? Or do we have some control over them? Is it a combination of what we believe, what has already been decided, and what we need to do to get ourselves to the places we are supposed to be?

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Keeping it on the edge,

Shelbee

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I am a midlife woman, wife, and stay-at-home mother of 2 boys and 2 cats. I have a passion for helping other women feel fabulous in the midst of this crazy, beautiful life.

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